Nacra 500, 570 or 5.8NA - Newbie Question

David · 2010-03-13T07:30:00Z

First, I appreciate any advice on this topic as I am totally confused as to a 'first beachcat' I have sailed monohulls a lot when younger and have tried a hobie out while on vacation with the family recently and am now hooked. I will be sailing on inland lakes, mostly with my wife and son (under 10 yrs) so am looking for a cat that I can sail with them for fun and still have some excitement rather than just drifting along at 2knts or so. I probably won't be doing solo for a while but hopefully sail with my son when he gets older. I am about 190lbs or so. I will be storing and sailing at a club. I have looked and found a 500 and 570 which seem similar in weight/setup and look like a good first boat (2000 and 2001). I have also seen a 5.8NA that looks a lot more 'experienced based' and higher performance.- more of a boat to grow into by the looks of it (but it's really nice). So how difficult would the 5.8 be ?- thinking in terms of overall sailing, righting etc. I know it has daggerboards - but grew up with these so that's not too much of an issue. I have moved away from a Hobie 16 it seems a little smaller than the 500 and does not look like it could fit 3 comfortably - but I may be wrong. So looking for a little advice. Can't wait to get started and get sailing again after all these years. Thanks,

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Culley

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Man thats funny stuff!

I took a camera with me and documented my boat going together when I went to pick it up. I put the pics in order in a book so I would have reference points. Best thing I did for that first year of ownership.

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Posted : March 18, 2010 12:55 pm

Steven Cloudt

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Andrew,

After seeing the pictures in your post, I'm glad I bought the Mystere 5.0. Maybe once I get it in the water I'll get some pics like yours to post. 🙂

F-Max
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Posted : March 31, 2010 6:44 pm

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hahah... awesome!

MN3

Posted : April 1, 2010 3:03 am

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